From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 05:30:34 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff overhaul
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505192229540.2206@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vll6awta3.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Thu, 19 May 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> This also allowed diff-cache and diff-files to acquire -R
> (reverse) option to generate diff in reverse.  Users of
> diff-tree can swap two trees easily so I did not add -R there.

Actually, diff-tree would want it too.

You can only swap the trees easily if you give two trees, not if you give 
a commit.

		Linus